Investing.com – Finland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 rose 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were Wartsila Oyj Abp (HE:WRT1V), which rose 7.17% or 3.17 points to trade at 47.40 at the close. Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) added 1.74% or 0.1450 points to end at 8.4600 and Huhtamaki Oyj (HE:HUH1V) was up 1.64% or 0.57 points to 35.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KONE Oyj (HE:KNEBV), which lost 2.89% or 1.23 points to trade at 41.30 in late trade. Telia Company AB (HE:TELIA1) declined 2.32% or 0.090 points to end at 3.786 and YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V) shed 2.16% or 0.17 points to 7.47.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 75 to 56 and 22 ended unchanged on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 1.99% or 1.12 to $55.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.75% or 0.94 to hit $52.84 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.75 to trade at $1187.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0686, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8525.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 100.64.